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UK News – Page 569
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NewsHaddad, Ashton to lead English talent centres
Creative England and the BFI have appointed Celine Haddad and Paul Ashton to lead the new Talent Centres in Sheffield and Brighton.
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NewsWicker Man Final Cut to open in US
Reissue distributor Rialto Pictures has announced it will release a long-unseen and complete version of 1970s horror film, The Wicker Man: The Final Cut on Sept 27 in New York City.
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NewsRobin Hardy to complete Wicker Man trilogy
EXCLUSIVE: Wrath of the Gods will complete a trilogy that includes cult classic The Wicker Man and The Wicker Tree.
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NewsStar Wars cinematographer Gilbert Taylor dies
The lauded British cinematographer who crafted iconic imagery in Star Wars, Dr Strangelove and The Omen, died on Friday [23] with his family by his bedside on the Isle Of Wight. He was 99.
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NewsVue opens new cinema in Glasgow
Eight-screen cinema to be first Dolby Atmos equipped site in Scotland.
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NewsBorgen star takes lead for Strickland's Duke
Rook Films confirms Protagonist Pictures for international sales.
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NewsSpacey in Edinburgh: Netflix model can ease piracy
Excerpts from Kevin Spacey’s MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsDanny Boyle to direct TV drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a Danny Boyle-directed police drama.
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NewsEric Cantona to head Dinard jury
Professional footballer-turned-actor named jury president of this year’s Dinard British Film Festival.
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NewsPrime Focus selects Avid
Global post production house becomes the latest facility to select Media Composer 7 to power its creative workflow.
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NewsSelfish Giant to open first National Youth Film Festival
Programme announced for first National Youth Film Festival; includes preview of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D.
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NewsChannel 4 nabs Avengers spin-off
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired high profile US superhero series Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. after a fierce bidding war.
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NewsKemp brothers reunite for Assassin
Martin and Gary Kemp reunite as villainous brothers for the first time since The Krays in Assassin, which stars Danny Dyer.
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NewsTuttle named BFI festivals deputy
The appointment comes as a result of the BFI’s newly structured Exhibition department.
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NewsCambridge Film Festival unveils line-up
Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now will close the festival, which has assembled it largest programme to date.
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NewsMarion Cotillard to play Lady Macbeth
Oscar winner to star with Michael Fassbender in See-Saw production, replacing Natalie Portman. Shoot set for January 2014.
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NewsScreen Awards shortlist led by Fox, Universal, Lionsgate
UPDATED: 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Lionsgate UK lead the distributors with 12 shortlist mentions each; Star Trek Into Darkness leads individual film nominees with six nods.
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NewsIrish comedy The Stag sells to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Metro International Entertainment is to handle world sales for Treasure Entertainment’s comedy The Stag, which makes its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsUK-China producers launch Wonder Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese film producers Chun-Yi Yueh and Changyu Li and UK writer-producers Robert and Ashley Sidaway together with the UK’s Iain Brown and Brown Films have launched the $5m funded SZ Wonder Pictures.
